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British singer knocks Justin Bieber from top spot, but Biebs still has two albums in top five.by Gil Kaufman

Adele’s <i>21</i>Photo: Columbia Records

We called it! As predicted on MTV News last week, Grammy-winning British soul sister Adele will nab the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart next week with her new album, 21, which sold 352,000 copies to easily take the crown.

According to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan, that was more than enough to outpace last week’s #1, Justin Bieber’s Never say Never – The Remixes, which drops a spot to #2 as sales trailed off by 38 percent to 102,000. The 17-year-old pop sensation has nothing to worry about, though, as the remix effort was just one of two albums he has in the top five, the other being his nearly year-old My World 2.0, which lands at #5 on sales of 42,000.

In an otherwise slow week with few new releases, most of the rest of the top 20 saw double-digit declines, as the Grammy effect started to wear off on a number of artists. The rest of the top 10: Mumford & Sons, Sigh no More (#3, 71,000, down 46 percent), NOW 37 (#4, 58,000, down 37 percent), Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (#6, 37,000, down 40 percent), Eminem, Recovery (#7, 34,000, down 44 percent), Rihanna, Loud (#8, 33,000, down 26 percent), Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday (#9, 32,000, down 30 percent) and Lady Antebellum, Need you Now (#10, down 67 percent).

Though she couldn’t pull off the Bieber top five double-play, Adele’s 2008 debut, 19, continues its march back up the charts, jumping 34 spots to #16 on sales of 18,000. meanwhile, the short-lived Grammy bump for Arcade Fire seems to be over, as the disc slips five spots to #17 as sales plummeted by 59 percent to 17,000. And after coming in at #13 last week, Bright Eyes‘ The People’s Key dives 28 slots to #41 as sales trailed off by 72 percent to 11,000.

Former Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump has a modest debut at #67 with his first EP, Truant Wave (7,000).

Things were much the same on the iTunes charts, where Adele tops the album tally, followed by Mumford, Bieber’s My World 2.0 and his remix album, then Adele’s 19, Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco‘s Lasers, Stump, Florence and the Machine‘s Lungs and Eminem.

Lady Gaga continues to lord over the iTunes singles chart with “Born This Way,” edging out Cee Lo Green‘s “Forget you.” Jennifer Lopez‘s “On the Floor” comes in at #3, followed by Rihanna’s “S&M,” Katy Perry‘s “E.T.” and Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep.” Rounding out the list are Dr. Dre and Eminem with “I need a Doctor” (#7), Pink‘s “F—in’ Perfect,” Ke$ha‘s “Blow”and Bruno Mars’ “Grenade.”

Things should be pretty static at the top next week, with the only new releases coming from former Floetry member Marsha Ambrosius, as well as new albums from Lucinda Williams and Harry Connick Jr. and the debut from former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher’s new band, Beady Eye.

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If you’re still mourning the loss of Justin Bieber’s luscious locks, there’s some news that could very well perk you up (and, no, it hasn’t grown back yet). just days before the “Never Say Never” star chopped off his trademark coif, toy company Bridge Direct debuted Justin Bieber “Real Hairstyle” dolls at the American International Toy fair in New York.

MTV News caught up with George Vorkas of Bridge Direct, who give us the rundown on everything fans can expect from the doll, whose retail price is set at $17.99 and is slated to hit shelves this August.

After the company received complaints about their first Bieber model, which featured plastic hair, Vorkas and his associates gave the 2011 model “real” hair.

“This year, we have Justin with hair. every girl at home can now play with his hair and style it the way they want,” Vorkas explained.

In addition to styling their toy Biebs — like the original, it “sings,” only this time newer hits like “U Smile” and “Never Say Never” have been added — fans can also put him on the road. the company has created a purple (naturally) Bieber tour bus, complete with a functioning mp3 player dock and a stage setup that includes guitar, drums, keyboard and the heart-shaped cage he featured on his most recent tour.

“As Justin does new things with his stage sets, we’ll be coming out with matching toys,” Vorkas assured us. (The stage sets and tour bus will go for a whopping $79.99.)

And that’s not the only way the company plans to evolve with the ever-changing pop phenom. while the 2011 doll features a variety of Bieber-inspired accessories and outfits, collectors and/or purse string-opening parents can also expect ever-changing fashions from the “Baby” singer. as Vorkas told MTV News, “When Justin changes into a new outfit, we’ll also be coming out with that outfit.”

Will you buy the “real hairstyle” Justin Bieber doll? Tell us in the comments!

Details about the score are slim, but fun by Chris Beveridge     February 15, 2011 Source: MTV Splash Page

With as much as there’s been lately with all things Batman over the Dark Knight Rises, there’s something to be said about those who have a sense of humor about it. Case in point is Hans Zimmer who was cornered into talking about the film that he’ll be scoring. With as little known about it as there is at this point, when asked about how many notes he’s gotten down so far, he laughs and responds with, "Ugh. No, no, no, no."

Some things are a bit too early to talk about, particularly with the script still kept from almost everyone including the majority of the actors, and Zimmer has some fun with it. but there are also a couple of potential teases in there as MTV News nudges him a little further on things.

"the one thing I can tell you is that it’s going to be a lot more epic. Extraordinarily epic."

As for what that means?

"I don’t know, it’s like, ‘What’s epic these days?’ I think there’s something in the core of the story that allows you to get the music much bigger and much more sort of, iconic," he ventured.

With his work on the first two features, there’s little doubt that he’ll be reworking and using familiar themes while building and adding on new aspects to them and other characters.

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